HMS Onyx

18th MSF 3rd MSF “ALGERINE” Class Fleet Minesweeper fitted with Turbine propulsion machinery ordered on 15th November 1940 from Harland and Wolff, Belfast. Laid down on 24th November 1941 at the same time as sister ship MUTINE. The ship was launched on 27th October 1942 as the seventh RN ship to carry this name, introduced in 1808 for a ten gun Brig Sloop sold in 1819 and last borne by a Torpedo Gunboat built in 1892 and renamed VULCAN II during June 1919. Her build was completed on 26th March 1943.and she had been “adopted” by the civil community of Okehampton, Devon after a successful WARSHIP WEEK National Savings campaign held in February 1942.